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As the madness of the holiday season has finally died down, take some time to reflect on your hits and misses of the season and determine what to do different next year. If like many, you were scrambling at the last minute to write your Christmas letter to family and friends, perhaps you’ve vowed to…

If you love keeping in touch with family and friends with an annual holiday letter, but hate finding stationery, printing it out and stuffing it in your cards, then you might want to consider an all-in-one Christmas card and letter. These handy cards give you plenty of room for photos and text to tell all…

Many people who send out Christmas letters during the holidays buy stationery at a store, write their letter in a word processor and then print it at home. But getting everything to fit on the page can sometimes be a chore. Do you ever wish you could just type your letter online, preview how it…

Zazzle is one of the most popular sites on the web, reaching over 3 million people a month and offering thousands of personalized products for sale. You can buy and customize everything from shirts and mugs to iPhone covers and laptop sleeves. They also have plenty of cards, stamps and stationery for Christmas. But did…

These days, there are a lot of ways to personalize your family Christmas letters and make them more fun. You can add photos, create your own background, or send your letter digitally. You can also decorate the outside of your envelope with personalized Christmas stamps. On Zazzle, you can either create your own personalized stamps…

Christmas letters are a great way to stay in touch with family and friends during the holidays, but printing them out and sending them through the mail isn’t a very eco-friendly process. Fortunately, there is now an easy way to create a colorful, fun, personalized electronic Christmas letter online. It’s easy and requires no special…

All post offices are busy during the Christmas holidays, as families and friends send Christmas cards and letters to one another. But few post offices are as busy as the one in Santa Claus, Indiana. Since 1983, this small post office has been offering Santa postmarks for holiday mail. Customers love this free service! During…

Looking for a fun idea for your annual Christmas letter? Why not create a Christmas letter in the shape of a tree? It’s not too difficult to do and you can use any word processing software to create your letter. Here’s one way to do it with Microsoft Word. Creating Your Christmas Letter in the…

Sending an annual holiday letter with your Christmas cards typically means printing out a separate sheet of paper, folding it in half a few times, and stuffing it inside the card so you can fit everything into the envelope. Wouldn’t it be nice to skip the whole printing, folding and stuffing part? Well, you can.…

Here’s an example of how to turn the events of your year into a story. This is one of four actual Christmas letters sent out by the Howard family of California. Each year, their holiday update would include a very short story that would usually feature characters from the North Pole learning about things the…